Unable to start - A critical error has occurred while running the virtual machine and the machine ex

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radim
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Unable to start - A critical error has occurred while running the virtual machine and the machine ex

Post by radim »

My virtual Windows 7 guest stopped working. I did not use it for a couple of weeks and I can't start it now.

The error is
A critical error has occurred while running the virtual machine and the machine execution has been stopped.

Logs attached. Does anyone have any clue?
I have found a post mentioning Docker was the issue for someone. I use Docker but I turned it off. It did not help.

Many thanks
Radim
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mpack
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Re: Unable to start - A critical error has occurred while running the virtual machine and the machin

Post by mpack »

radim wrote: I have found a post mentioning Docker was the issue for someone. I use Docker but I turned it off. It did not help.
That isn't a problem for a Ventura host, because both Docker and VirtualBox are forced to use the MacOS hypervisor API.
granada29
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Re: Unable to start - A critical error has occurred while running the virtual machine and the machin

Post by granada29 »

@radim
Unfortunately this is a known issue with macOS Ventura 13.3. See viewtopic.php?f=8&t=108970

The only workaround is to use macOS Ventura 13.2.1. A bug ticket has been filed with Oracle and maybe it will be addressed in the next release of VirtualBox.
radim
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Re: Unable to start - A critical error has occurred while running the virtual machine and the machin

Post by radim »

Many thanks. I'm looking forward for an upgrade :) Fortunately, it's not so urgent for me.
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